2017-18 Women's Basketball Roster
Roster
Lauren Heard
- Position:
- G
- Height:
- 5-9
- Class:
- Freshman
- High School:
- Guyer HS
- Hometown:
- Denton, Texas
CAREER HONORS
• Big 12 Player of the Week (Feb. 3, 2020)
• Big 12 Player of the Week (Feb. 25, 2020)
• 2019-20 All-Big 12 First Team
• 2020-21 Preseason All-Big 12 Team
• 2020-21 Preseason Lieberman Award Watch List
• 2020-21 Preseason Naismith Trophy Watch List
• Big 12 Player of the Week (Dec. 14, 2020)
• Big 12 Player of the Week (March 9, 2021)
• 2020-21 All-Big 12 First Team
• 2020-21 Big 12 All-Defensive Team
• 2021-22 Preseason All-Big 12 Team
• 2021-22 Preseason Lieberman Award Watch List
• 2021-22 Preseason Naismith Trophy Watch List
• 2021-22 Preseason Wooden Trophy Watch List
• Big 12 Player of the Week (Dec. 13, 2021)
• 2022 Senior CLASS Award Top-30 Finalist
• 2021-22 All-Big 12 Honorable Mention
IN THE TCU RECORD BOOKS
• Set the TCU single-game steals record (11) at Oklahoma (March 4, 2021)
• Set the TCU single-season record for free throws made (171) in 2019-20
• Set the TCU single-season record for scoring average (21.2 ppg) in 2020-21
• Set the all-time TCU record for free throws made (878) in a career
• TCU's all-time leading scorer with 2,006 career points
• Ranks among TCU's top-10 career leaders in:
- Scoring Average (8th, 13.11 ppg)
- Field Goals Made (4th, 621)
- Rebounds (5th, 798)
- Assists (2nd, 521)
- Steals (3rd, 269)
- Games Played (1st, 153)
- Games Started (3rd, 122)
2021-22 | GRADUATE
Named All-Big 12 Honorable Mention, becoming just the second player at TCU to be named to the All-Big 12 team at least three years in a career ... started in all 28 games played ... for a second straight season, Heard led the Horned Frogs in points, rebounds, assists and steals ... was named Big 12 Player of hte Week (12/13/21) ... scored 10+ point in 23 games ... scored 20+ points in seven games ... averaged 14.8 points and 5.9 rebounds per game ... dished out 109 assists and totaled 43 steals ... shot .349 (124-355) from the field, .346 (18-52) from three-point range and .723 (149-206) from the free throw line ... scored 33 points in TCU's win over No. 18-ranked Texas A&M (Dec. 12) ... drained 18-of-21 free throws in the contest, which is tied for second-most in Big 12 single-game history ... posted three double-doubles on the season.
2020-21 | SENIOR
Named All-Big 12 First Team … Big 12 All-Defensive Team … started and appeared in 25 games … led Horned Frogs in points, rebounds, assists and steals … two-time Big 12 Player of the Week (12/14/20, 3/9/21) … became the first player in school history to earn at least four Big 12 Player of the Week honors in a career ... scored in double-digits in 22 games, including 13 20-point games and four 30-point games … set a new single-game career-high with 38 points at West Virginia (Feb. 20), which also ranks tied for third-most in single-game school history … set the school’s all-time single-game record with 11 steals at Oklahoma (March 4) … set the school's single-season scoring average with 21.2 points per game ... totaled five double-doubles on the year … drained 159 free throws on the season, which ranked fifth-most in the nation … led the Big 12 with 2.6 steals per game … second in the Big 12 with 21.2 points per game … only player in the Big 12 to rank among top-10 in points (2nd, 21.2), rebounds (9th, 7.1), assists (3rd, 4.8) and steals (1st, 2.6) … shot .400 (169-423) from the field, .301 (34-113) from three-point range and .726 (159-219) from the free throw line ... just one of four players in school history to score at least 1,500 points and pull down 600 rebounds in a career ... preseason All-Big 12 … named to preseason Lieberman Award and Naismith Trophy Watch lists.
2019-20 | JUNIOR
Named All-Big 12 First Team … started in all 29 games for the Frogs ... averaged team highs in points (18.4), rebounds (6.6) and assists (4.0) ... ranked second on the team playing in 30.7 minutes per game ... became the first TCU player to average at least 18.0 points per game since 2004-05 ... her 18.4 points per game average ranks fourth-highest in single-season school history ... her scoring average also ranked fourth in the Big 12 and 42nd in the nation ... posted double-digit scoring efforts in 27 of 29 games, which included scoring 20+ points in 13 games on the season ... pulled down a team-best 192 total rebounds, while also dishing out a team-high 117 assists ... also posted a team-high 62 steals, while her 2.14 steals per game averaged ranked second in the Big 12 ... posted a new career-high with 28 points at Texas Tech (March 1) ... also posted a new career-high with 15 rebounds against Oklahoma State (Feb. 23) ... led the team with four double-doubles on the year ... became first player at TCU to win multiple Big 12 Player of the Week honors in the same season, earning accolades on both Feb. 3 and 25 ... shot .391 (166-425) from the field, .360 (31-86) from three-point range and .753 (171-227) from the free throw line ... set a new single-season school record with 171 free throws made ... became the 21st player in school history to eclipse 1,000 career points in a career.
2018-19 | SOPHOMORE
Saw action in each of TCU’s 35 games, starting all but one … averaged 8.7 points, 4.5 rebounds and 3.2 assists per game … played 28.4 minutes per game which ranked second on the team … was sixth among all Big 12 players with 1.8 steals per game … averaged 7.0 points, 5.8 rebounds and 3.2 assists in TCU’s five-game run to the WNIT Semifinals … scored 12 points in wins over both UT Arlington (March 23) and Arkansas (March 28) during that stretch … also had 12 rebounds in the season-ending loss at Arizona (April 3) … scored in double-figures 10 times over the course of the season, including a pair of 20-point efforts … netted 20 points on 6-of-14 shooting at Kansas State (Jan. 30) … set a career-highs with 27 points and five 3-pointers in TCU’s win over No. 18 Iowa State (Feb. 13) … pulled down a career-best 14 rebounds in a home victory over Oklahoma State (Feb. 3) … had a personal-best eight steals, the highest single-game total by a Big 12 player all season, at West Virginia (Feb. 16) … played all 40 minutes for the first time in her career against Texas (March 5) … was third on the team with 28 made 3-pointers on the season … shot 31.4 percent (92-of-293) from the floor and 65.0 percent (91-of-140) from the free-throw line.
2017-18 | FRESHMAN
Played in all 36 games as a true freshman with six starts ... started in Big 12 wins over Texas Tech (Jan. 7) and No. 7 Texas (Jan. 10), as well as in TCU's final four WNIT games ... averaged 6.2 points and 3.0 rebounds in 19.7 minutes per game ... scored in double figures six times, including season-high 18 points at No. 8 Texas (Feb. 3) ... ranked second on the team with 37 steals, including season-best of four in the WNIT Third Round win at New Mexico (Mar. 22) ... shot 37.4 percent (70-of-187) from the field, 32.8 percent (20-of-61) from 3-point range and 73.3 (63-of-86) from the free throw line.
HIGH SCHOOL
Played at Guyer High School in Denton, Texas ... ranked a 4-star recruit by Premier Basketball Report and the No. 4 point guard in Texas ... rated as the No. 66 overall guard in the nation by ESPN HoopGurlz ... named TABC Girls' All-State, District 6-6A MVP and TABC All-Region 6A-1 after her senior season ... district 5-6A co-MVP after her junior year ... scored over 2,000 points in her high school career ... averaged 24.5 points, 9.0 rebounds, 3.7 assists and 4.1 steals per game as a senior ... averaged 19.5 points, 5.1 rebounds and 5.2 steals per game as a junior ... led Guyer to the UIL 6A state playoffs as a sophomore and junior ... also earned all-area and all-district honors as a sophomore, junior and senior ... her brother, Jerrod Heard, played wide receiver and quarterback at Texas from 2014-18.
MAJOR
Heard is pursuing a bachelor's degree in psychology, with a minor in kinesiology.
